Trump defends executive order: ‘Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting’

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President Trump on Sunday aggressively defended his executive order restricting immigration from a number of Middle Eastern countries, saying Sunday “our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting.”

In a Sunday morning tweet, the president signaled he will fight to keep the executive order in place.

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